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Originally Posted by Christoferus
I see, and you even changed "está" to "es" because of a climate's implied state of permanence.
But how would you respond to that question? Let's say someone asked you, "¿Cómo es el clima?" and you wanted to say "It's hot" or "The climate is hot". Would "Hace calor" work for that at all? Or could you say "El clima hace calor."?
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If you ask "¿Cómo es el clima?", you want to know what the weather is like generally in a specific region.
-¿Cómo es el clima la Ciudad de México? (What's the weather like in Mexico City?)
-Normalmente es templado, más caluroso y seco en primavera y lluvioso en verano. (It's normally temperate, warmer and dry in spring and rainy in summer.)
If you ask "¿Cómo está el clima?", you're asking about current weather conditions:
-¿Cómo está el clima en la Ciudad de México (ahora)? (What's the weather like in Mexico city (now)?)
-Hace sol y la temperatura es de unos 20ºC. (It's sunny and temperature is about 20ºC)
In Mexico, by the way, although it's understood, you will almost never hear "¿cómo está el tiempo?". And TV presenters tend to say "el estado del tiempo" to announce the weather forecast section.
